The biggest nuclear power plant in the United States is not a single hulking reactor, but a sprawling complex whose scale is ...

Fretting wear in nuclear power plant components is a critical issue that impacts both safety and operational longevity. This wear mechanism, arising from small oscillatory motions between contacting ...

All the different types of small modular reactors generate heat the same way: by splitting heavy atoms and capturing the heat ...

Two U.S. firms have teamed up to test a first-of-its-kind pulser module — a system designed to store electrical energy needed for nuclear fusion — that is capable of producing a whopping 2 terawatts ...

Siemens Energy will be the sole supplier of steam turbines, generators and other auxiliary systems for Rolls Royce’s future small modular reactors (SMRs), under an agreement announced by the companies ...

Utah’s Intermountain Power Project, which generates electricity for communities in six states and as far away as Los Angeles, is getting a refresh that will allow it to continue operating for decades ...

Ever since our society became dependent on energy in one form or another to function and move forward, humanity has been chasing the dream of clean and virtually limitless power. So far, the dream has ...

Some lawmakers and advocates hope to harden Michigan’s electric grid and cut utility bills by adding new power plants, all without moving a single shovelful of dirt. How is that possible? The state ...

FLINT, MI - After a six-week trial, Michigan’s two largest utilities have prevailed in a yearslong legal fight over a rebuild of a sprawling hydroelectric plant on Lake Michigan that left key ...